Breaking down a film to understand underlying concepts and character portrayals and the different interpretations within a film.
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How can the ending of “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” be explained?
In the end of the movie Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Park Dong-jin get's killed by the group of communists, that Yu-sun is member of. But earlier in the movie it is explained, that Yu-sun is the only ...
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Why did Mona's name change in the later part of 3 idiots?
Mona Singh, whose name is Poonam, becomes Mona in the later part of the film 3 Idiots. After squabbling with Viru Sahasrbuddhe, Rancho suddenly starts calling 'Mona Push'. AFter that everybody, ...
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Reference to the bones structure from The Venture Bros.
The creepy bones structure featured in “The Buddy System” (season 3, episode 5 of The Venture Bros.) inside the E-deb biodome, is it from somewhere else or just a random spooky totem?
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What was David's motivation in Prometheus?
For me, perhaps the most interesting person aboard the Prometheus was the android, David. I'm still confused by his seeming fascination with the movie, Lawrence of Arabia. Although I couldn't make ...
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Ending of “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” (2009)?
I just watched "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" and I was wondering about the ending.
Immediately after Nicholas Cage's character snorts a line from the bag of uncut heroin and sits next to ...
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What is the book that Emile Hirsch reads in “Into the Wild”?
In the film Into the Wild, Emile Hirsch keeps on reading a book at different times, such as night time. In some scenes, the cover of the book is slightly visible.
What was the book he was reading?
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Why was Teddy using Leonard in Memento?
If you can believe Teddy's lies then he was a cop who had worked on the case of the break in, attack on Leonard and rape of Leonard's wife. He then worked with Leonard and helped him track down and ...
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What was so dangerous about the listening device?
Batman has Lucius Fox man a device that monitors all of the cell phones in Gotham to give Batman an edge in his fight against the Joker. Fox is so against using this device that he says he will resign ...
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Significance of the painting in Mallory's office
In the movie Skyfall while Bond first meets Q in a museum they are watching the painting of a ship dragged by another ship and Q remarks:
Always makes me feel a little melancholy. A grand old ...
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Why didn't Alfred want Bruce to acknowledge him?
Alfred told Bruce of his hope that he had when Bruce was gone for seven years. There's this specific cafe he went to once a year when he took vacation. He would go there and look around and hope that ...
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Evolution/existence of television police proceduals in non-English speaking countries?
I'm interested in the evolution and/or existence of the police procedural genre on television. Wikipedia outlines the time-line and summarizes representative shows through history for a few ...
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Was The Great Escape meant to be funny?
I recently had a debate about the 1963 movie The Great Escape.
While I thought the movie was very funny to a certain extent and could possibly be seen as a satire, the person I was talking to denied ...
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What is the reason for setting the movie storyline 8 years apart?
In The Dark Knight Rises, it is stated many times that it's 8 years after the end of The Dark Knight. This personally threw the storyline off for me. Why did it need to be 8 years after? 4 years would ...
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Fight club ending question
Does the building Tyler and Marla are in collapse at the end? Because I hear Tyler saying to the rest of the guys "I'll meet you downstairs"
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Ending of Donnie Darko
I never understood the movie Donnie Darko. In order not to keep the question vague, what happens in the end ?
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What was the first acting job of Joey Tribbiani seen in Friends?
Joey Tribbiani is shown as struggling actor from first season of Friends. He was shown acting in the fictional soap opera Days of Our Lives (DOOL). He also performs as a body double for the butt for ...
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Why was Monica Geller overweight in her younger years?
Monica Geller was shown as overweight in her early or college days in Friends.
In all seasons she was shown as normal weight.
Why was Monica Geller overweight in her early years?
How did she become ...
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Why did Phoebe hate massage parlors?
Though Phoebe was working as Massage Professional, why did she hate massage parlors? And convincing her friends not to go there?
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What does 'How you doing?' by Joey mean?
The 'How you doing?' line of Joey in Friends is very famous. English is my third language. I seem it's general conversation dialogue. What's so special about it?
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Does each season of Dexter have an overarching theme?
This thought recently occurred to me while reading up on theories for the finale.
Season 7 had an overwhelming theme of love and what one would do in the name of love with all the storylines:
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Did Captain Jack Sparrow eat people?
In the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
we saw Captain Jack Sparrow was the cannibal tribes chieftain. Is there a backstory that clarifies whether or not Jack is a people eater?
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Is the Land of Ooo really a post apocalyptic Earth?
I have heard a lot of theories spout about how the world of Adventure Time is actually based on a Post-Apocalypic Earth that has adapted to nuclear fallout, changing all living things with what they ...
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Is the man in the flashbacks really the Man in Black?
In Season 6 E15 it is shown that Jacob and the Man in Black are really twin brothers and are raised by the mysterious woman that lives on the Island who grants Jacob the powers of the protector.
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Do the words 'Billy don't be a hero' mean anything to you?
In the pilot episode of Friends, there is a scene in Ross's apartment where he is talking to Joey and Chandler about his failed marriage with his ex-wife Carol.
Ross says that he is worried that ...
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What does the girl cutting her hand in Animatrix: Beyond symbolize?
In the film, The Animatrix, specifically the Beyond section after the girl and the kids are quarantined, they return to the spot that had the glitch. I understand why she dropped the can (to see ...
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Why is the father blind in the dream world?
In Stay, you witness the story of Henry Letham as he deals with his survivor guilt in his mind. One representation of this world, however, has baffled me recently.
In his dream-like world, it is ...
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What was the meaning of the tunnel scene?
In Vanishing on 7th Street, people disappear if they become engulfed in darkness. At one point Paul is lying on the pool table and the kid went to the bathroom. The lights flicker and Paul gets up. ...
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What does the scorpion represent in Drive?
A scorpion is visible on the drivers jacket throughout the whole film. He even asks Albert Brooks' character "Did you ever hear the story of the scorpion and the frog?".
What does the scorpion ...
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What is Harvey's purpose?
In the movie Harvey from 1950 in the ending it is made clear that Harvey actually exists and is a Pooka, some sort of fairy from the celtic mythology.
Apparently he has chosen Elwood P. Dowd as some ...
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Why didn't James believe Beckham was alive in Hurt Locker?
After watching The Hurt Locker, I initially thought the dead boy covered up with bomb was Beckham, but after googling I'm certain they were two different kids. Now, I am puzzled to know,
What's the ...
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In 'Synecdoche, New York' , what is the significance of choosing the play 'Death of a Salesman'?
The protagonist, Philip Hoffman, is directing the play 'Death of a Salesman' with a twist. He is casting young actors as the characters of Willy and his wife. From my understanding, he is doing this ...
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Was the Wheel of Pain actual or allegorical?
My contention (once I got past my teenage years) was that the Wheel of Pain, in the original Conan the Barbarian movie, was supposed to be alegorical...a symbol of Conan's difficult upbringing as a ...
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What is the significance of a man sitting on the train engine in the last scene of “Live and Let Die”?
In "Live and Let Die", after Bond throws Tee Hee Johnson from the train window at the very end of the movie, and returns to Solitair, we see an image of smiling Baron Samedi sitting on the train ...
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The 'same landscape shot' conundrum
During the first scene of the film we're shown a montage of landscape shots (actually Iceland) as establishment for the section when the CGI 'guy' drinks, disintegrates and drops into the waterfall.
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In Back to the Future, why don't Marty's parents ever mention how similar he looks to the Marty of 1955
Although Marty is only in 1955 for one week, he plays a pivotal role in getting his parents together. He even briefly dates his mother. So, considering he plays such a pivotal role, does it make sense ...
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South Park and references to Mohammad
In the most controversial episode of South Park, involving Mohammad, did the producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone intend to show the face of Mohommed, or did they cave into network pressures demanded ...
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Is Tony in love with Gina?
Throughout Brian DiPalma's 1983 classic, Scarface, Tony Montana has an odd relationship with his sister Gina. His attitude toward her ranges from overprotective to jealous to generous, and just about ...
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Is Peter Venkman from ghostbusters a narcissist?
In Ghostbusters I scientist Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) has a very interesting personality, he is always flirting with female clients and is more laid back it seems than the other Ghostbusters. While ...
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Diction in original vs remake of True Grit
The diction in the 2010 production of True Grit is much different than that of the 1969 True Grit.
Why did the Coen brothers decide to follow the diction of the original novel so closely? Did folks ...
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What layers of hell are shown in What Dreams May Come?
In What Dreams May Come, Robin William's character Chris Nielsen travels through hell. They show some of the layers in hell as depicted in Dante's Inferno, but I don't believe they show all of them. ...
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What's the purpose of Solomon's son Dia in Blood Diamond?
Apart from the regular plot, that in order to save his son he must overcome battles and so forth, what other purpose does his son have?
This is based on the fact that his son's name is Dia.
And in ...
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Evaluating characters by means of description
In his Star Wars Episode 1 review/analysis, Mike Stoklasa used a certain challenge as a device to illustrate how poorly thought out the characters were: "Describe the following characters without ...
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Dead Alive relation with Evil Dead
Was Dead Alive influenced by Evil Dead ?
I see that Dead Alive have a lot of the ideas of Evil Dead such as exaggerated blood bath, monster puppets and stuff.
Is Evil Dead the pioneer of this type ...
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What is the message behind Where the Wild Things Are?
What really is the message behind the movie, Where The Wild Things Are?
I've seen the movie year ago, and still couldn't figure it out.
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Why did Roy let Deckard live?
Near the end of Blade Runner, Deckard enters Sebastian’s apartment, gets ambushed and kills the girl. He then gets chased around the apartment by Roy, who leads Deckard to believe that he is going to ...
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Why did Blade Runner deviate from the source novel so significantly
In Philip K. Dick's novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' there are key aspects of the plot of the novel that are completely excluded from Blade Runner, including:
That animals have almost ...
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Did Tyler Durden forget his name?
Ed Norton plays the Narrator or Jack ( due to reading a book that described someone called Jack's body parts from a 1st person perspective). Meanwhile Brad Pitt is introduced as Tyler Durden. Later ...
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What has the greatest chance of being in Marcellus Wallace's briefcase in Pulp Fiction
In Pulp Fiction, there is a briefcase who's content is kept very secret. What item gathers the most evidence for being in the briefcase?
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Why does Buster not join in the family chicken dance?
Throughout the series Arrested Development, the various adult members of Michael's family all perform variations of the chicken dance to annoy Michael. At one point in Season 3, Michael himself does a ...
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Is the Frankenstein franchise antisemitic?
At a glance Frankenstein seems quite anti-semitic:
The name "Frankenstein" is a very Jewish name.
The creator is Dr - a common Jewish profession.
The townsfolk (symbolised by pitchfork {ei. farmers ...
